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So I went and picked up my boat last night. They did a great job on it and it looks like new on the back end. Had her out on the water for a couple of hours and when I took her out of the wanter not a drop came out when I pulled the plug. Nice to have it back.

Anyway, when I cruise around the water I'm now shooting a good rooster tail. Not all the time, but most of the time. What is causing this?

I'm missing a gasket on the gas cap and also a cover over one of my fuel vents. Stoped at a marine shop up in Wyoming that is an Alumacraft dealer and they said I would have to buy a whole asslembly for the gas cap for $50. What? For a 50 cent gasket I have to spend $50? Guy was a real jerk-bait too. So anyone know where I can get these parts?

My trolling motor (24v Minkota) stopped turning on me. Won't work with either co-pilot or the pedal. Also, it's been doing this for a while, if I jack the speed up to 9 or 10 it will run for a little while and then shut off. Any clue what to look for on this?

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On the trolling motor issue, Mitch and I ran into an issue like that last week during FBL in his boat. It just shut off for about 10 minutes and then fired back up and worked fine. It was really weird though. I guess it was affraid of the paddle though cause as soon as I grabbed it to move us out from shore a bit she fired up.

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On the trolling motor issue, Mitch and I ran into an issue like that last week during FBL in his boat. It just shut off for about 10 minutes and then fired back up and worked fine. It was really weird though. I guess it was affraid of the paddle though cause as soon as I grabbed it to move us out from shore a bit she fired up.

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My Minnkota was doing the same thing last August. There was about 25 yards of mono wrapped around the drive shaft behind the prop. The self reseting breaker would trip. Once I found the line on the shaft and cleaned it the problem went away.

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It didn't do it before the accident. I called the body shop and they said they have seen this in a few Alumacrafts over the last couple of years. He said that I'll need to bring it up and they'll move the motor up an inch or two and that takes care of it. I guess sometimes when they rebuild the bottom something changes.

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Anyway, when I cruise around the water I'm now shooting a good rooster tail. Not all the time, but most of the time. What is causing this?

There are a couple things that could cause this.

The most common is that the motor is trimmed out too far, so really the blades are pointed up toward the sky instead of horizontally behind the boat just below the surface of the water. If this is the case you're losing some efficiency. Does anything happen with your rpms and speed when throwing the rooster tail? Does trimming the motor down slightly improve perfromance or keep the same performance?

Another possibility is the prop rebuild. Maybe the blades are bigger, and are breaking the surface of the water?

Another possibility is the motor mounting height, if it's too high on the transom it will throw a rooster tail. Same thing can happen on smaller boats/motors if the motor is too low, but that shouldn't be an issue with power trim.

About your trolling motor, do you have an in-line breaker or fuse between the trolling motor and the battery? If not, get one.

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You might be better off trying to do some research on your own on the old shotgun. I think it would be a waste of time taking it to Cabela's since most of the folks who work there now think any gun made before 1970 is an antique.
The gun surely is made in Europe and might have originated in one of the English or Belgian or even German "guild" shops, little outfits that cranked out inexpensive guns that did not even bear maker's names since they were made by a "bunch" of guys. Your best bet would be to trace or photograph the proof marks and go from there. That is, I'm assuming it has proof marks :).

For an exciting adventure in shooting grab an old "trapdoor" Springfield and rattle off a few rounds of 45-70 or 45-90. If you're of skinny build and little weight it'll give you a THUMP you'll remember! Perfect deer cartridge for MN though since that big ol' bullet will go churning through the brush like a D-8 Cat until it hit's it's target.
Have been around the old '94 30-30 since way back when and while it is handy it is not that accurate and lacks the knock-down power of many, many of today's rounds. But if you just have to have one as I always say, it''s your money.
Keep in mind you can buy the .35 Remington in a pump action, which a lot of MN duck hunters find easy to use come deer season.

I have an old Damascus barreled shotgun that was passed on to me by my grandpa. The story I have always heard and been told is that it was brought over from Denmark by my great grandfather in 1915. It has no markings indicating where it was made or anything else that I could use to figure out some history on the gun. It is a pin fire and has a stag carved into the underside of the stock. Anyone have any ideas on where I could find any info on this? I had thought about bringing it to Cabelas and see if they knew anything about it. I'm not concerned about the value. I'd just like to know a little more about it or even get pointed in the right direction.

I wouldn't mind having a lever action 30-30 just because everyone should have one. I'd bet a big percentage of us carried one our first time out deer hunting. My grandpa had a Marlin in either .44 or .357 that I wish I'd have gotten. I've also thought about a 45-70.

This is an intriguing round for sure. Ballistics and long range performance is supposed to be good. Ammo seems priced reasonably. A big plus is that you can get it in an AR-15 and with a 90 grain bullet I wouldn't be afraid to use it on deer sized animals. I've always liked the idea of having multiple uppers for my AR.

The Trestle got 10+ inches of snow today ,,, May have to make plans to go take a peek at the trails this weekend ,,, Hopefully the groomers can get out and pack the trail a little bit to cover the rocks

Ha! I am looking into the app controller outlets but not for plugging in the pickup. I just built a deck on the back of the house and I'm going to pull wire and add some extra outlets out there for lights. They'll be much easier than putting in more switches to control them.